On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 21:34:28 UTC, Rob T wrote:
I'm wondering why overloading has been implemented to only
match on the argument list rather than the full signature which
includes the return type? I know I would use it if it was
available.
I'm not requesting this to be a feature of D, I'm only asking
why it is not being done.
--rt
This is hardly a new idea. It was implemented in a few languages
of the 70's and it proved to be adding complexity and generally
not worth the trouble. No language nowadays bothers with this
based on those past lessons.
